Police used water cannons to disperse disgruntled home fans after they blocked Cameroon's team bus from leaving Yaounde's Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium for over an hour following the game, with the supporters blaming captain Eto'o for the team's struggles.

Uganda boost

Uganda boosted their chances of returning to the Cup of Nations after a 34-year absence by completing a double over Guinea Bissau with a 2-0 victory before a huge crowd at Namboole Stadium near Kampala.

A Godfrey Walusimbi cross landed in the net two minutes before half-time after Uganda had laid siege to the visitors goalmouth and David Obua set up Geoffrey Massa for the second goal on 62 minutes.

Zambia climbed above Libya to the top of Group C after a whirlwind start to the second half delivered a 3-0 victory over Mozambique in the northern town of Chingola.

Christopher Katongo struck twice before recalled veteran striker Collins Mbesuma completed the rout with 53 minutes and the only disappointment for the home team was the late red card shown to midfielder Isaac Chansa.

Namibia played Burkina Faso under protest, claiming Cameroon-born defender Herve Zengue was ineligible to line up for the visitors, who romped to a 4-1 win in Windhoek.

Abdulrazak Traore opened the floodgates just 12 minutes after the kick-off, Aristide Bance and Alain Traore converted second half penalties and Jonathan Pitroipa struck in stoppage time after Tangeni Shipahu reduced arrears.

Sierra Leone got back into contention for Group G honours with a 1-0 win over Niger courtesy of an early second-half goal from Ibrahim Bangura in Freetown.

South Africa top the table with seven points followed by Niger (six), Sierra Leone (five) and record seven-time African champions Egypt have just one ahead of a critical clash with Bafana Bafana (The Boys) in Cairo Sunday.

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